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15 May #OURMIAMI CONVERSATIONS: FOOD ACCESS IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS

Posted at 12:29h in Blog by Matthew Beatty 0 Comments

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27 Apr WEBINAR: #GIVINGTUESDAYNOW – MAKING THE ASK IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

Posted at 19:28h in Blog by Matthew Beatty 0 Comments

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity taking place on May 5, 2020. It's an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. The day will create a wave of charitable giving, generosity, volunteer engagement, and...

14 Apr OUR MOMENT: THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Posted at 17:58h in Blog by Rebecca Fishman Lipsey 3 Comments

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17 Mar HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHY DO YOU STAY? WHAT’S IMPORTANT?

Posted at 14:33h in Blog by Matthew Beatty 5 Comments

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Editor's Note: This op-ed originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of the Biscayne Times. Big reports don’t mobilize residents to take action. This statement seems obvious, but we at The Miami Foundation took some time to arrive at this conclusion. Since 1967, our foundation has worked...

17 Mar LEAD ENGINEER AND NONPROFIT FOUNDER NAMED “EMERGING PHILANTHROPIST” OF THE YEAR

Posted at 13:29h in Blog by Amaka Amalu-Anderson 5 Comments

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Editor’s Note: The Miami Foundation’s Emerging Philanthropist Award annually celebrates a 40-or-under donor who uses charitable giving to drive measurable results around a local cause, broadly improve the lives of Miamians and encourage others to give. We are pleased to name Amaka Amalu-Anderson as our 2020 honoree!...

17 Feb HOW KNOCKING ON DOORS IS SAVING MIAMI-DADE WOMEN’S LIVES

Posted at 22:53h in Blog by Valerie Crum 3 Comments

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After beating an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis in 2004, Miami resident Andrea Ivory made it her mission to empower women across South Florida to overcome disease and achieve comprehensive wellness. One year after her diagnosis, Andrea founded the Florida Breast Health Initiative, now the Women’s...

13 Feb UNIFYING A RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY: LESSONS SHARED AT 2020 STATE OF BLACK PHILANTHROPY

Posted at 22:25h in Blog by Michelle Brown 9 Comments

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In August 2017, a white nationalist rally erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving one young woman and two officers dead and dozens injured – and a community wounded and divided in its aftermath. ...

10 Feb MIAMI-DADE NONPROFITS LEAD THE WAY FOR CENSUS 2020 OUTREACH

Posted at 22:49h in Blog by Lindsey Linzer 6 Comments

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With Census 2020 forms hitting most homes across the country mid-March, organizations in Miami-Dade County have stepped up their outreach efforts. Since last October, the 29 local nonprofits that received $475,000 in grants from the Miami-Dade Counts 2020 funder collaborative have worked at the grassroots...

27 Jan NEW INCLUSION FUND EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL MIAMIANS

Posted at 15:25h in Blog by Valerie Crum 9 Comments

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At Stephanie Perez-Julio’s wedding, guests were all smiles during the brightly colored outdoor ceremony, especially Ana María’s. Stephanie first met her while teaching art at The WOW Center, a Give Miami Day participating nonprofit that serves more than 200 adults with developmental disabilities from across Miami-Dade...

23 Jan CAP, INC. SCHOLARSHIP WINNER: “COLLEGE WAS MY ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE.”

Posted at 18:00h in Blog by Kenisha Anthony 14 Comments

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I had a rough start at adulthood, but trial and error and the power of self-perseverance ultimately saved me. ...

15 May #OURMIAMI CONVERSATIONS: FOOD ACCESS IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS

27 Apr WEBINAR: #GIVINGTUESDAYNOW – MAKING THE ASK IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

14 Apr OUR MOMENT: THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

17 Mar HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHY DO YOU STAY? WHAT’S IMPORTANT?

17 Mar LEAD ENGINEER AND NONPROFIT FOUNDER NAMED “EMERGING PHILANTHROPIST” OF THE YEAR

17 Feb HOW KNOCKING ON DOORS IS SAVING MIAMI-DADE WOMEN’S LIVES

13 Feb UNIFYING A RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY: LESSONS SHARED AT 2020 STATE OF BLACK PHILANTHROPY

10 Feb MIAMI-DADE NONPROFITS LEAD THE WAY FOR CENSUS 2020 OUTREACH

27 Jan NEW INCLUSION FUND EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL MIAMIANS

23 Jan CAP, INC. SCHOLARSHIP WINNER: “COLLEGE WAS MY ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE.”

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